File Wizard

File Wizard is a self-hosted, browser-based utility for file conversion, OCR, and audio transcription. It features a modern drag-and-drop interface and a powerful, asynchronous backend to handle long-running tasks without tying up the browser.

Features

• Versatile File Conversion: Easily convert between various file formats. The system is designed to be extended with any command-line tool (like FFmpeg, ImageMagick, etc.) via a simple settings.yml configuration file.
• High-Quality OCR: Perform Optical Character Recognition (OCR) on PDFs and images to extract text.
• Accurate Audio Transcription: Transcribe audio files into text using high-performance Whisper models.
• Modern UI & UX:
  • Clean, responsive, dark-themed interface.
  • Drag-and-drop support for single or multiple files anywhere on the screen.
  • Traditional multi-file selection buttons.
  • A dialog to choose the desired action (Convert, OCR, Transcribe) for dropped files.
• Real-time Updates & History:
  • Jobs are processed in the background, with the UI updating statuses in real-time via polling.
  • A persistent job history table displays file names, tasks, submission times, file sizes (input → output), and final status.
  • Timestamps are automatically displayed in the user's local timezone.
  • Download links are provided for successfully processed files.
  • Pending or processing jobs can be cancelled.
• Easy Configuration:
  • All tools, models, and application settings are managed in a human-readable settings.yml file.
  • A dedicated /settings page allows for viewing and editing the configuration directly from the UI.

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Tech Stack

• Backend: FastAPI (Python)
• Frontend: Vanilla HTML, CSS, JavaScript (no framework)
• Task Queue: Huey (with a SQLite backend)
• Database: SQLAlchemy (with a SQLite database)
• Configuration: YAML

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Installation & Setup

To get File Wizard running, you need to run the web server and the background task processor separately.

With Docker

Clone the Repo and make sure docker compose is working on your environment

git clone https://github.com/LoredCast/filewizard.git
cd filewizard

Startup Docker, initially the settings.yml file is applied, you can edit it. For You can edit the .env file for further configuration.

Note: Building this image will take some time installing all deps ((mostly texlive)).1

docker compose up --build

Manually

1. Clone the Repository

git clone https://github.com/LoredCast/filewizard.git
cd filewizard

2. Create a Virtual Environment & Install Dependencies

python -m venv venv
source venv/bin/activate  # On Windows, use `venv\Scripts\activate`

# Make sure you have a requirements.txt file with all dependencies
pip install -r requirements.txt

(Note: Dependencies include fastapi, uvicorn, sqlalchemy, huey, faster-whisper, ocrmypdf, pytesseract, python-multipart, pyyaml, etc.)

3. Configure the Application Copy the default settings file and customize it to your needs. This is where you define your conversion tools and other parameters.

4. Run the Web Server This command starts the Webserver and Huey.

chmod +x run.sh
./run.sh

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Usage 🖱️

1. Open your browser to http://127.0.0.1:8000.
2. Drag and drop any file or multiple files onto the page.
3. A dialog will appear asking you to choose an action: Convert, OCR, or Transcribe.
4. Alternatively, use the "Choose File" buttons in any of the three sections.
5. Your job will appear in the "History" table, and its status will update automatically.